SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

SanEat A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

tomwladyslaw This is one of the most unlikable films I have ever seen. I literally hate it. I think the plot always had potential & in a way, I kind of like the Aliens too, their design & appearance. What ruined it for me beyond any hope of tolerance was the characters that made up the story. The teenage gang in this movie are the biggest pile of w*****s, basically bullies & thieves, scumbags, & I'm supposed to root for them because they're the main roles? Not a chance. I wanted the aliens to win, & for the gang members to die in varying violent ways. I turned this off about half way through in agreement with two other friends that were watching this with me. This is one of my most detested films, ever.

MartinHafer I am not a huge fan of horror films and the reasons I chose to see this film was because it featured John Boyega in a pre-Star Wars part and because the plot is creative. Overall, I found it to be watchable but nothing I'd jump to recommend. I do, however, admire the film's ability to tell the story with a very small budget. The plot involves a tough London neighborhood which is invaded by weird alien creatures. These things are NOT particularly nice and when the cops don't seem to be coming to the rescue, the local junior hoods rise to the occasion and declare all out war on them.If you do watch this film, understand that the story is very, very simple and the language is raw. Aliens versus punks and that's about it. But it manages to work well for what it is. My only qualms is understanding some of the language....it's hard for many to understand the slang and accents so I'd strongly recommend you turn on the closed captions unless you can easily follow the dialog.

yespat The title of this review is the movie. If you are a fan of Ali G, chances are good you'll enjoy it. I think the target audience though is underprivileged u.k. kids. Even so, I enjoyed it a lot, more than I thought I would. And the lead actor, the kid who plays Moses, is a young Denzel Washington. A lot of excitement, some scary aliens with blue teeth and a reasonably OK story. Certainly offers more than a lot of films.

timothytitus-61783 I'm a middle class 62 year old that upholds Christian values and principles. I happened to catch this film knowing nothing about it, when there was nothing else available that I fancied watching. I was amazed at some of the reviews here from those that simply didn't get it, so I thought I'd write my own - it has to be watched with a broad mind,and a realisation of what many of today's disaffected youth can be like.It was made plain right from the start that it was set in 'gangsta' land, and I thought that was novel for a sci-fi film to begin with. While I didn't 'like' these young thugs, I was gripped by the pace and acting, and as I like sci-fi/comedy (Earth Girls are Easy... Tremors etc) found I couldn't resist watching more. While I found it very entertaining throughout, what I particularly liked by the end was the way it demonstrated that each of these characters had somewhere inside them some glimmer of redeeming features, which I believe is very much the case in reality. I thought the producers got the tone just right with the run-down, un-cared-for surroundings, the subtle retro-throwbacks to other classic films, and the response of the gang to the bizarre situation they found themselves in.There's no point in going into detail about the production values, 'each to his own'. All in all a - yes, sometimes hard to watch - very successful bit of cinema, well away from the Hollywood norm.